Cash fare register



w. THOMPSON El AL 1,912,803

CASH FARE REGISTER Filed June 8, 1929 June 6, 1933.

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CASH FARE REGISTER Filed June 8, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 CASH FARE REGISTER Filed June 8, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 BY W Patented June 6, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM THOMPSON, OF NEW YORK, AND LESLIE F. BRIGGS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CASH FARE REGISTER Application filed June 8,

This invention relates to cash fare registers and more particularly to that class of portable devices for selectively registering coins of different denominations.

One of the objects of our invention is to provide a cash fare coin registering mechanism for automatically registering coins of different denominations when deposited in a coin slot and during the passage of said coins through the same coin-chute as distinguished from. that class of devices wherein the coins are passed through different coin chutes.

A further object of our invention is to provide an electrically and manually operable selective cash fare register in which coins of different denominations may be caused to actuate different registers within the casing, and during their passage through the same coin chutes to a common coin chamber.

To enable others skilled in the art to more fully comprehend the underlying features of our invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which Fig. 1 is an end view of the register.

Fig. 2 is afront View, the cover plate being partly broken away to show the interior mechanism of the register.

Fig. 3 is a top plan taken on the line 33 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view partly in section showing the interior mechanism and taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the operating mechanism when actuated by a smaller coin.

Fig. 6 is a detail showing the clapper arm and connected lever for actuating a counter.

Fig. 7 is a detail similar to Fig. 6 showing the inoperative and operative positions of the clapper arm and pivoted lever connected thereto.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

there is provided a portable, metal casing, preferably of aluminum alloy or other strong durable metal comprising arcar Wall 5, and end walls 6, 7 which may be cast integral therewith and a bottom 8 constituting the 1929. Serial No. 369,363.

housing or casing for the interior operating mechanism. The end walls 6, 7 which are of less height than the rear wall, are provided with a removable top 9 having a vertical wall 10 parallel to the rear wall and to whichit is attached. A removable front cover or closure plate 11- is fastened to the top and bottom thus completely enclosing the oper ating mechanism, access to which may be had by the removal of the top 9 or plate 11.

Within the casing or housing and between the end walls there is provided a top partition 12 formed with a grooved coin guide 13, the upper, open top of which is immecoin chamber 20. The coin chute is preferably supported by posts integral with the rear wall. A bracket 21 supports a register 22 hereinafter referred to as the dime register and an end bracket23 supports a second register 24 hereinafter referred to as the nickel register. The registers may be observed through openings in the front cover 11 and end wall 6 respectively.

Referring particularly to Figs. 3 and 6, an upwardly curved clapper arm 25 integral with a sleeve 26 is pivotally mounted on a post extending inwardly from the rear wall and in back of the partition, said clapper arm being under the control of a coiled spring 27. The outer, curved end 28 of the clapper arm which carries the plate 29 and striker head 30 is normally above the partition and is adapted to cooperate with a bell or signal 31. link 32 fastened to the clapper arm as at 33 and having an extension rod 34 operates in a slot adjacent the bottom of the coin chute to impede the passage of the coin but diately below and in registration with a releases said coin when the clapper arm is 1 chamber. A trip plate attached to the link 32 is adapted to engage a counter or register lever 36 of the nickel counter or register 24 on the end wall.

To selectively operate the dime register 22 and the nickel register 24 when the proper coin is deposited, wehave provided the clapper arm with an inwardly extending fixed pin or post 37, on the front end of which is pivoted as at 38 the L-shaped lever 39 which is free to rock independently of the clapper arm. The forward end of the shorter arm 40 of said L-shaped lever is directly below a transverse groove 41 cut in the bottom of the partition and the upper rear portion of the coin chute 16 is partially cut away as at 42 for the free operation of the said lever 39 which is under the control of a tension spring 43 fixed on the post 37. The opposite, enlarged end 44 of the longer arm 45 of the L-shaped lever is provided with a pin 46 which operates in a slot 47 of a rocker arm 48, said rocker arm being pivoted on a rock shaft 49 to a bracket 50 fastened to an end wall of the casing or housing. The rock shaft carries a lever 51 having a bent rod 52 connected to its outer end, the lower end of said rod being fastened to the counter or register lever 53. A tension spring 54 is connected at one end to the lever 53 and at its opposite end to a supporting bracket 55.

It will thus be observed that when the L- shaped lever is depressed from the position shown by Fig. 2 for instance to that shown by Fig. 5, the pin 46 riding in the slot elevates or raises rocker arm 48 to actuate the rock shaft and lever 51 to operate the counter or register. This movement however must be appreciable since there is sufficient free play of the pivoted L-shaped lever and its connected elements whereby the clapper arm may be depressed without rocking the L- shaped lever or actuating the dime register or counter 22 as when a nickel is deposited in the coin slot.

To accomplish this purpose, the clapper arm is equipped with a fixed horizontal pin or post 56 which lies in the transverse groove 41 in the bottom of the partition, the outer end of said post or pin having a flat surface 57 to directly engage the top of the shorter arm of the L-shapedlemr. The outer end of the pin or post lies directly across the slot in the partition and between the bottom of coin guide 13 and top of the coin chute 16. This portion of the post or pin is provided with a groove, the width of which is that of the thickness of a dime only. Consequently, when a dime is deposited, the surface of the coin will be partially within the groove and directly on the upper surface and at the end of the shorter arm of the L-shaped lever. hen the coin is forced or pushed downwardly, the L-shaped lever will be rocked to actuate the dime register and the enlarged end will strike the bell or signal 58 due to the action of the spring 43.

Due the other hand when a nickel is deposited, the coin being on the outer surface of the pin or post 56, merely engages the tip of the shorter arm of the L-shaped lever but does not actuate the same sufficiently when the coin is forced or pushed downwardly to operate the dime register. I11 this case, however, the clapper arm, carrying the trip plate, will actuate the nickel register but does not effect the dime register.

From Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings it is seen that due to its smaller diameter and its fitting in the groove in the pin 56, the dime will not cause the arm 25 to rock far enough down to actuate the nickel register 24, where as the larger nickel causes a large enough travel of the arm 25 to actuate this register.

In order to force or push the deposited coin into the coin chute and at the same time actu ate the selective coin register, we provide a coin pushing lever 59 pivoted on a stub shaft 60 mounted on a bracket 61 and normally held in its raised, inoperative position by a spring 62. The forward end of the lever 59 operates in the coin guide and through the slot in the partition, it being understood however, that when the coin is deposited, it passes through the coin guide and below the end of the lever 59, said coin being initially prevented from passing completely through the slot in said partition by the transverse pin As shown in Fig. 3, connected to the pin 56 is one terminal of an electric conductor 63, a second conductor being grounded to the partition or casing so that the deposited coin completes a circuit when the conductors are connected to a battery (not shown) or other source of electrical energy.

In the electrical circuit, there is provided a solenoid and solenoid casing 64 having a magnet plunger 65. A conductor 66 leading from the solenoid to a switch 67 permits the circuit to be made or broken. Connected to the top of the plunger is an adjusting screw 68 to which is attached the lower end 69 of a vertical bar 70 extending upwardly throu h a slot in the partition. A tension spring 71 connected at its lower end to the partition permits of the variation in the tension of said spring by means of the adjusting screw so that the plunger will operate effectively. The upper end of the bar 70 is pivotally connected as at 72 to a longitudinal lever 3 which is in turn pivotally connected as at 74 to a bracket 75 on the inner end wall of the casing. The lever 73 is provided with a reccss 76 on its bottom surface which engages a pin 77 on the coin pushing lever 59 so that when the circuit is completed, the plunger operating the vertical bar 70 and its connected lever 73 urges the coin pushing lever 59 downwardly to effect the proper registration of the coin in its passage to the coin chute. The plunger of the solenoid is also equipped with an arm 78 extending through an end wall of the casing whereby the bar and its connected lever may be manually operated should it be desired to use the cash fare register where electric current or a battery is not available.

The operating mechanism of the cash fare register will now be briefly described. When a nickel or dimeis deposited in the coin slot of the top cover, the coin falls into the coin guide below the coin pushing lever and on the transverse pin 56. If the coin is a dime, it will enter the groove in the outer end of the pin and will engage the shorter arm of the lever as shown by Fig. 6 thus rocking the same on its pivot and consequently actuate the dime register. If the coin is a nickel, the depression of the clapper arm and its transverse pin will actuate the nickel register but not the dime register although the pivoted L-shaped lever is moved downwardly. This operation of course is effected either electrically by means of the solenoid in the electric circuit or manually through the connected elements.

While we have shown and described our invention with some degree of particularity, it will be realized that other modifications and changes may be resorted to under special conditions. We therefore do not wish to be limited and restricted to the exact details shown and described but reserve the right to make such changes and modifications as may fairly fall within the scope of the subject matter now being claimed.

Having shown and described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is I 1. A fare register embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of coins of different denominations, a coin chute, a plurality of registers, a movable member having r a part engaged and moved by a coin presented to the chute, connections leading from said member to each of said registers, respectively, and means controlled by the thickness of the coin for preventing one of said registers from being actuated through its connections.

2. A fare register embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of coins of different denominations, a coin chute, a plurality of registers, a movable member having a part engaged and moved by a coin presented to the chute, connections leading from said members to each of said registers, respectively, and means controlled by the thickness of the coin for selectively governing the extent of movement of said connections whereby the register appropriate to a coin denomination is actuated through its respective connection.

3. A fare register embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of coins of different denominations, a coin guide and a coin chute below said opening, a movably mounted arm having a pin located at the entrance of the coin chute, said pin having a groove substantially the thickness of a dime, a nickel register and means for actuating said register when said arm is moved downwardly to its maximum position, an L-shaped lever pivoted to said arm, a dime register operated by the L-shaped lever, a pivoted arm for depressing either a nickel or dime against the pin or L-shaped lever during the passage of the coin to the coin chute, said L-shaped lever being operable only when a dime enters the groove of said pin and means for actuating said pivoted arm.

In testimony whereof we have afiixed our signatures.

WILLIAM THOMPSON. LESLIE F. BRIGGS. 

